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The Orphan Trilogy #3
The Orphan Uprising
In this explosive conclusion to The Orphan Trilogy, the ninth-born orphan’s dramatic story resumes five years after book one, The Ninth Orphan, ends.
Having eluded his former masters at the Omega Agency and escaped his past life as an operative, Nine has married his soul mate, Isabelle. They’ve carved out a new life for themselves, off the grid, in the remote islands of French Polynesia.
The contented couple have a five-year-old son, Francis, who is a chip off the old block and who has inherited his father’s unique DNA. Francis will soon have a sister as Isabelle is about to give birth to a baby girl.
Their idyllic lifestyle is shattered when Francis is abducted by operatives in the employ of the Omega Agency, the shadowy organization that brought Nine into the world and once controlled every aspect of his life. The terrified boy with the unique DNA is dispatched to one of Omega’s underground medical laboratories for scientific testing and experimentation.
Nine is desperate to find Francis before Omega can harm him. He soon finds he’s up against his fellow orphans – all elite operatives as he once was – who are under orders to kill him on sight. To overcome them, he must call on all his former training and skills. His search takes him around the world – from Tahiti to America, Germany, Greenland and the Congo.
To add to Nine’s worries, he has a serious heart condition that requires immediate surgery. The clock is ticking and he knows he’s on borrowed time. It’s a race against the clock to find his son before Omega can harm the boy – and before his heart gives out.
Having eluded his former masters at the Omega Agency and escaped his past life as an operative, Nine has married his soul mate, Isabelle. They’ve carved out a new life for themselves, off the grid, in the remote islands of French Polynesia.
The contented couple have a five-year-old son, Francis, who is a chip off the old block and who has inherited his father’s unique DNA. Francis will soon have a sister as Isabelle is about to give birth to a baby girl.
Their idyllic lifestyle is shattered when Francis is abducted by operatives in the employ of the Omega Agency, the shadowy organization that brought Nine into the world and once controlled every aspect of his life. The terrified boy with the unique DNA is dispatched to one of Omega’s underground medical laboratories for scientific testing and experimentation.
Nine is desperate to find Francis before Omega can harm him. He soon finds he’s up against his fellow orphans – all elite operatives as he once was – who are under orders to kill him on sight. To overcome them, he must call on all his former training and skills. His search takes him around the world – from Tahiti to America, Germany, Greenland and the Congo.
To add to Nine’s worries, he has a serious heart condition that requires immediate surgery. The clock is ticking and he knows he’s on borrowed time. It’s a race against the clock to find his son before Omega can harm the boy – and before his heart gives out.
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First published February 12, 2013
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About the author
James Morcan
31 books1,323 followersNew Zealand-born actor/writer/producer James Morcan resides in Sydney, Australia. He has written two bestselling novels, performed in various international film productions and is a podcast host. His books have been translated into eight languages (Arabic, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, French, Afrikaans, German).
Morcan's published titles include the new release horror Silent Fear (A novel inspired by true crimes) and the bestselling historical adventures White Spirit and Into the Americas. He also has several series on the market including The Orphan Trilogy, an international thriller series, the swashbuckling action-romance series The World Duology, and the controversial non-fiction franchise The Underground Knowledge Series. An additional non-fiction title, Debunking Holocaust Denial Theories, was written in collaboration with Holocaust survivors to document the genocide. These titles were all co-authored with his father Lance Morcan and published by Sterling Gate Books. Their production company, Morcan Motion Pictures, is developing Silent Fear into a feature film and Underground Knowledge into a TV series.
James' most recent acting performance was a leading role in the post-Apocalyptic feature film After Armageddon which he also wrote. The dystopian adventure film was shot in rural Australia and Morcan co-starred with Berynn Schwerdt (Wyrmwood). Other leading roles include the OZ-Bollywood productions My Cornerstone and Love You Krishna. Morcan also wrote the screenplays for both features which were filmed in Sydney and Mumbai and incorporated English and Hindi languages.
Additional productions he has perfromed in include a BBC TV series, several indie features and a live stadium production of Ben Hur headlined by Academy Award winner Russell Crowe. To date, his feature films have screened at cinemas in New Zealand, India, Australia, Italy and Cannes.
James is a podcast host on the YouTube channel Underground Knowledge: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX8s...
He co-founded one of the most popular discussion groups on Goodreads, also called Underground Knowledge, which has around 16,000 members: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
Amazon author profile:
https://www.amazon.com/author/jamesmo...
IMDb filmmaker profile:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1909596/
Morcan's published titles include the new release horror Silent Fear (A novel inspired by true crimes) and the bestselling historical adventures White Spirit and Into the Americas. He also has several series on the market including The Orphan Trilogy, an international thriller series, the swashbuckling action-romance series The World Duology, and the controversial non-fiction franchise The Underground Knowledge Series. An additional non-fiction title, Debunking Holocaust Denial Theories, was written in collaboration with Holocaust survivors to document the genocide. These titles were all co-authored with his father Lance Morcan and published by Sterling Gate Books. Their production company, Morcan Motion Pictures, is developing Silent Fear into a feature film and Underground Knowledge into a TV series.
James' most recent acting performance was a leading role in the post-Apocalyptic feature film After Armageddon which he also wrote. The dystopian adventure film was shot in rural Australia and Morcan co-starred with Berynn Schwerdt (Wyrmwood). Other leading roles include the OZ-Bollywood productions My Cornerstone and Love You Krishna. Morcan also wrote the screenplays for both features which were filmed in Sydney and Mumbai and incorporated English and Hindi languages.
Additional productions he has perfromed in include a BBC TV series, several indie features and a live stadium production of Ben Hur headlined by Academy Award winner Russell Crowe. To date, his feature films have screened at cinemas in New Zealand, India, Australia, Italy and Cannes.
James is a podcast host on the YouTube channel Underground Knowledge: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX8s...
He co-founded one of the most popular discussion groups on Goodreads, also called Underground Knowledge, which has around 16,000 members: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
Amazon author profile:
https://www.amazon.com/author/jamesmo...
IMDb filmmaker profile:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1909596/
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February 16, 2017
This is a great conclusion to an amazing series. All three books have been an absolute pleasure to read. I thoroughly enjoyed the Intensity of this story, and it’s certainly not a book you can easily put down. It’s full of great characters that are quite diverse, and it has an Interesting plot to top it off. Sebastian and Isabelle’s life seems almost perfect living on the island of Nuku Hiva with their son Francis. It’s a far cry from Sebastian’s former life as an Assassin for the Omega Group. He managed to get away from them after being under their control since his birth, and working for them for years. However their idyllic life is about to be smashed to pieces when Francis is abducted by two men, and taken away to who knows where. Whether Sebastian likes it or not, he will now have to become ‘Nine’ again and revert to the trained killer he once was, to have any chance of getting his son back. He’s certainly going to be up against it though, as his former employer Omega want’s him dead, and they have given the order for his fellow trained orphans to hunt him down. They have obviously forgotten that ‘Nine’ was their best trained operator, and he will stop at nothing to get Francis back. I’ve read a number of books now from these two talented Author’s, and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed every one of them. Hands down this is a series worth reading.
March 2, 2013
I believe there are no coincidences.
Yesterday I met a veteran who served three tours in the American War in Viet Nam serving on a chopper which dropped 'young, barely shaving' soldiers into combat zones, only to come back hours later for pickups on stretchers, in body bags. This veteran raised the question of where do people learn to do such horrid, mutilating, evil, things to others. The questions were raised in the afternoon; I finished the Orphan Uprising last evening.`
Working with veterans every day, many have told me evil is real: they have seen it. All of us can see it if we only face it instead of sweeping it under rugs when it does not seem to concern us directly. Nevertheless, any living evil does in some way impact on all of us.
This trilogy by Lance and James Morcan speaks to the evil of the Omega group; a world wide consortium whose only interest is money. While there is nothing unusual about that kind of power bid and avarice on a scale that nothing can adequately measure in today's world, Omega is a group that has less than zero moral fiber; a group that does experiments on children worthy of Dr. Mengele in his most demented moments. Their objective is to program, via any means, via any horrid physical and mental experiments, children into adults who will by their programming become assassins; operatives programed to do whatever bidding comes to them. Operatives to kill.
Each orphan was trained to well beyond normal limits of physical, mental abilities; told that no situation was impossible for them to overcome.
Each orphan is implanted with a tracker so their whereabouts are always known should one go renegade and need to be dispatched, permanently.
Nine, by name Sebastian, is one of those orphans. He had broken free of this horror world several years before; married, disappeared, fathered a son, awaited the birth of a daughter.
Then Omega took his son.
Wrong move.
Very wrong move.
Nine calls on Thirteen, his blood sister who had been violated repeatedly by Naylor, the reigning head of Omega, to help him. He has her deprogrammed and blood proves thick as she answers her brother's call for help and becomes aware gradually of what has been done to all of them as they were raised in the Orphan Factory, as “brothers and sisters”, sent out on assignments, to kill.
If opening Pandora's box unleashed the evils of the world, Sebastian is trying to rid us of some of it by raining terror down on the heart of evil of Omega for his son, for all of the children who had been, and were still being brutalized, and tortured.
His harrowing, chilling, hell hath no fury as a father whose child has been stolen by hell's minions, journey as he globally leaps through Omegas spiderweb of child experimental stations calls up all he was, all he ever could muster of who has become. His journey a is heart tearing, mind splitting, gut churning crusade all of us share in empathy.
Time is ticking.
His son's little virus bug will not much longer keep him from becoming yet another experimental victim.
Sebastian's heart is a ticking time bomb set with a trigger mechanism of a failing heart.
Sebastian's journey is our journey, reminding us of the possibilities of love confronting evil.
The Morcan's trilogy is more than just a thriller, an adventure tale. It is an 'open your eyes' invitation to acknowledge the world around you as it is. It is a clarion call to recognize that those monsters, for surely they cannot be called human, who spread, who perpetuate evil are a weak, spineless bunch who live in the shadows; who are incapable of facing their comeuppance when faced with retribution. A slithering gaggle of creatures who cannot face the havoc they have wrought, who swallow poison, leap out of windows rather than face even a fragment of the pain they have caused others.
This trilogy is a revelry call to recognize power bids, human trafficking, and yes, evil itself with the power of love, with the commitment, that nothing will stop me from exposing its dark, pustulant face. And they give us something else to think about in all of this bid for vast wealth, for power, selling out humanity. Nine and his sister, Seventeen, have to come to grips with ridding themselves of the programming that made them killers. Veterans have said to me, 'They made me a killer and now I cry at everything. I like myself better this way.'
Nine and Seventeen cried.
Did their hearts and minds, and, indeed, very souls, hang on long enough to fetch back the child; to bring down Omega?
Would yours?
Don't miss the courage of this book by father and son writers, Lance and James Morcan. They take you places we all need to go.
Yesterday I met a veteran who served three tours in the American War in Viet Nam serving on a chopper which dropped 'young, barely shaving' soldiers into combat zones, only to come back hours later for pickups on stretchers, in body bags. This veteran raised the question of where do people learn to do such horrid, mutilating, evil, things to others. The questions were raised in the afternoon; I finished the Orphan Uprising last evening.`
Working with veterans every day, many have told me evil is real: they have seen it. All of us can see it if we only face it instead of sweeping it under rugs when it does not seem to concern us directly. Nevertheless, any living evil does in some way impact on all of us.
This trilogy by Lance and James Morcan speaks to the evil of the Omega group; a world wide consortium whose only interest is money. While there is nothing unusual about that kind of power bid and avarice on a scale that nothing can adequately measure in today's world, Omega is a group that has less than zero moral fiber; a group that does experiments on children worthy of Dr. Mengele in his most demented moments. Their objective is to program, via any means, via any horrid physical and mental experiments, children into adults who will by their programming become assassins; operatives programed to do whatever bidding comes to them. Operatives to kill.
Each orphan was trained to well beyond normal limits of physical, mental abilities; told that no situation was impossible for them to overcome.
Each orphan is implanted with a tracker so their whereabouts are always known should one go renegade and need to be dispatched, permanently.
Nine, by name Sebastian, is one of those orphans. He had broken free of this horror world several years before; married, disappeared, fathered a son, awaited the birth of a daughter.
Then Omega took his son.
Wrong move.
Very wrong move.
Nine calls on Thirteen, his blood sister who had been violated repeatedly by Naylor, the reigning head of Omega, to help him. He has her deprogrammed and blood proves thick as she answers her brother's call for help and becomes aware gradually of what has been done to all of them as they were raised in the Orphan Factory, as “brothers and sisters”, sent out on assignments, to kill.
If opening Pandora's box unleashed the evils of the world, Sebastian is trying to rid us of some of it by raining terror down on the heart of evil of Omega for his son, for all of the children who had been, and were still being brutalized, and tortured.
His harrowing, chilling, hell hath no fury as a father whose child has been stolen by hell's minions, journey as he globally leaps through Omegas spiderweb of child experimental stations calls up all he was, all he ever could muster of who has become. His journey a is heart tearing, mind splitting, gut churning crusade all of us share in empathy.
Time is ticking.
His son's little virus bug will not much longer keep him from becoming yet another experimental victim.
Sebastian's heart is a ticking time bomb set with a trigger mechanism of a failing heart.
Sebastian's journey is our journey, reminding us of the possibilities of love confronting evil.
The Morcan's trilogy is more than just a thriller, an adventure tale. It is an 'open your eyes' invitation to acknowledge the world around you as it is. It is a clarion call to recognize that those monsters, for surely they cannot be called human, who spread, who perpetuate evil are a weak, spineless bunch who live in the shadows; who are incapable of facing their comeuppance when faced with retribution. A slithering gaggle of creatures who cannot face the havoc they have wrought, who swallow poison, leap out of windows rather than face even a fragment of the pain they have caused others.
This trilogy is a revelry call to recognize power bids, human trafficking, and yes, evil itself with the power of love, with the commitment, that nothing will stop me from exposing its dark, pustulant face. And they give us something else to think about in all of this bid for vast wealth, for power, selling out humanity. Nine and his sister, Seventeen, have to come to grips with ridding themselves of the programming that made them killers. Veterans have said to me, 'They made me a killer and now I cry at everything. I like myself better this way.'
Nine and Seventeen cried.
Did their hearts and minds, and, indeed, very souls, hang on long enough to fetch back the child; to bring down Omega?
Would yours?
Don't miss the courage of this book by father and son writers, Lance and James Morcan. They take you places we all need to go.
February 28, 2013
Sebastian Hunnar, #Nine, returns in this final volume of the "Orphan Trilogy". Genetically superior to the average human, Sebastian and the twenty-something other orphans of the Pedemont Project are skilled at everything including killing. Sebastian, however, has broken free from the Omega Agency, employer of the Pedemont Project orphans. He is living a quiet life on a small Pacific Island with his beloved wife Isabelle, now pregnant with their daugher, and their five year old son Francis who shares some of Sebastian's unique genes.But Francis is kidnapped one day and Sebastian knows that the Omega Agency and its head, Andrew Naylor, are behind this. But can Sebastian win against this powerful organization even if his sister,Jennifer,Orphan# 17,with him?
The Morcans have written another incredible story that readers everywhere will want at the top of their "must-read" list. It is well-written and filled with great suspense.Don't miss this one!
The Morcans have written another incredible story that readers everywhere will want at the top of their "must-read" list. It is well-written and filled with great suspense.Don't miss this one!
February 16, 2013
Nine’s caught in a living nightmare. Instead of being present for the impending birth of his second child, he’s on a mission to find his firstborn. The Omega Agency has found his family. Nine’s son Francis is the key to creating the next generation superhuman. Nine’s children are the only Orphan progeny. When the remaining Orphans are deprogrammed all hell breaks loose.
March 26, 2013
The third book in the Orphan series continues the intriguing adventures of the main character, Nine. This novel follows Nine across several continents in his quest to live free and expose the deceptions perpetrated by "the Omega Agency". A great read for anyone who enjoys espionage.
March 25, 2013
OMG! This book was excellent and a very fitting end to the Orphan Trilogy.
When we left Nine in the 2nd book, it appeared that he had attained his seemingly impossible goal of going off the grid. He'd met his soulmate, Isabella, and all he wanted to do was to disappear and have Omega leave him and his family alone.
As the book opens, we learn that Nine and Isabella had married and were living an idyllic life on an island paradise. They had a son, Francis, who was the spitting image of his father complete with his father's unique DNA. Isabella is pregnant with another child. The only problem in their current existence is that Nine needs a simple operation that will fix a heart problem before it gets worse...
Their lives are shattered when Omega operatives kidnap Francis. Now Nine must race against the clock to rescue Francis before Omega can hurt him and before Nine's worsening heart w/o the operation gives out.
Thrills galore... My heart was racing during much of this book... I'd have to put the book down to calm my breathing. I absolutely love the way the Morcans write. You feel as if you are right there... There were multiple locations... each obviously well-researched by the authors. Nine would be at one location looking for or in the process of breaking in to an Omega medical facility fighting other elite mind-controlled Omega operatives andd battling his own health problem and.... Francis in another location with the nefarious Omega medical personnel and... Isabella in her pregnant state at another location being sought by more Omega operatives and ... Seventeen, Nine's sister, re-discovering herself minus Omega's mind-influence providing more hair-raising suspense.
When I started reading this series, I was leery as this was not the genre I normally reach for when looking for something to read. However, now, after reading Fiji: a Novel and the three books in their Orphan Trilogy, any book by the Morcans is now a must-read for me.
Bottomline: Awesome book... highly recommended.
When we left Nine in the 2nd book, it appeared that he had attained his seemingly impossible goal of going off the grid. He'd met his soulmate, Isabella, and all he wanted to do was to disappear and have Omega leave him and his family alone.
As the book opens, we learn that Nine and Isabella had married and were living an idyllic life on an island paradise. They had a son, Francis, who was the spitting image of his father complete with his father's unique DNA. Isabella is pregnant with another child. The only problem in their current existence is that Nine needs a simple operation that will fix a heart problem before it gets worse...
Their lives are shattered when Omega operatives kidnap Francis. Now Nine must race against the clock to rescue Francis before Omega can hurt him and before Nine's worsening heart w/o the operation gives out.
Thrills galore... My heart was racing during much of this book... I'd have to put the book down to calm my breathing. I absolutely love the way the Morcans write. You feel as if you are right there... There were multiple locations... each obviously well-researched by the authors. Nine would be at one location looking for or in the process of breaking in to an Omega medical facility fighting other elite mind-controlled Omega operatives andd battling his own health problem and.... Francis in another location with the nefarious Omega medical personnel and... Isabella in her pregnant state at another location being sought by more Omega operatives and ... Seventeen, Nine's sister, re-discovering herself minus Omega's mind-influence providing more hair-raising suspense.
When I started reading this series, I was leery as this was not the genre I normally reach for when looking for something to read. However, now, after reading Fiji: a Novel and the three books in their Orphan Trilogy, any book by the Morcans is now a must-read for me.
Bottomline: Awesome book... highly recommended.
April 1, 2015
I've really enjoyed this series and am sad to reach the end! A secret, government organisation carrying out genetic experiments on children to breed super agents has a hint of realism and then we have our hero Orphan 9, breaking away and trying to live a normal life. The agency kidnaps his son and he is forced after 5 years of family life to once again combat the organisation and his former fellow operatives. It is a classic good versus evil battle with some surprises along the way.
As always, this is an extremely fast paced story, which you won't want to put down. With elements of James Bond, Matt Helm, Jason Bourne and others this is a great read if you like action packed adventures.
As always, this is an extremely fast paced story, which you won't want to put down. With elements of James Bond, Matt Helm, Jason Bourne and others this is a great read if you like action packed adventures.
February 24, 2014
The Orphan Uprising (The Orphan Trilogy, #3)
by James Morcan & Lance Morcan
Nine and Isabelle are married and she is pregnant with their baby girl. When their five year old son is kidnapped, Nine goes on around the world to get their son back. He learns that the operatives from the Omega Agency wants their son for scientific testing, he will stop at nothing to get his son back.
But Isabelle,s life is in danger as well, they want her unborn baby too. Add to it , Nine has a heart condition that can take his life at any time. A fast paced action filled nail-biting page turner.
Nine is a strong willed determined young man, Isabelle is just as tough as her husband. I really enjoyed The Orphan Uprising I look forward to the feature film (based on book one) The Ninth Orphan.
by James Morcan & Lance Morcan
Nine and Isabelle are married and she is pregnant with their baby girl. When their five year old son is kidnapped, Nine goes on around the world to get their son back. He learns that the operatives from the Omega Agency wants their son for scientific testing, he will stop at nothing to get his son back.
But Isabelle,s life is in danger as well, they want her unborn baby too. Add to it , Nine has a heart condition that can take his life at any time. A fast paced action filled nail-biting page turner.
Nine is a strong willed determined young man, Isabelle is just as tough as her husband. I really enjoyed The Orphan Uprising I look forward to the feature film (based on book one) The Ninth Orphan.
June 12, 2013
It's so moving and not a dragging moment.
June 14, 2018
Thoroughly enjoyed this.
After finishing, though, I don't think "uprising" was the best word to use in the title. So far, I can't think of anything closer to allude to what actually happened, but I feel certain there is a more appropriate term.
After finishing, though, I don't think "uprising" was the best word to use in the title. So far, I can't think of anything closer to allude to what actually happened, but I feel certain there is a more appropriate term.
July 18, 2014
The Orphan Uprising is the last in the trilogy by James Morcan and Lance Morcan. It is the sequel to Ninth Orphan. I didn’t think the trilogy could get any better than the first; but it did. I think the last book is the best of the three. They are all fantastic books though. This book begins
Seventeen has found herself in Chicago but has no idea why or what has happened. She rocks herself back and forth like a crazy person. She takes a cab to the site of the Pedemont Orphanage but there is nothing there. It doesn’t bring back memories for her. She then gives the cabbie another address and stops near a home. To pay for the cab drive, she gives him her ruby ring. That is the last thing of value she has in the world. An elderly man opens the door and she introduces herself as Jennifer Hannar and asks him if he is Sebastian Hannar. She has found her grandfather. She stays with him and learns a little about her mother and regains a little of her memory as she nurses Sebastian through Alzheimer’s.
Nine, now Sebastian, has gone off the grid with Isabelle and is living the life he dreamed of in the Marquesa Islands. Five years of joy he has there. Isabelle bore him a son, Francis. Francis is bright, cheerful, loving and adventurous. He looks just like his Dad and loves being able to spend so much time with him. Then tragedy strikes. Francis is kidnapped and Sebastian has to watch it from the top of a nearby cliff. Isabelle tries to help him but she is eight months pregnant and can do little. The priest in the Buddist temple Sebastian and Francis had just prayed in is killed while he tries to protect Francis. Sebastian knows it has to be Naylor and Omega who have kidnapped Francis. After he thinks about it, he knows it has to do with their cloning experiments. After all, Francis is the only progeny of the Orphans. All the rest had been sterilized when Omega upgraded the MK Ultra Mind Control Initiative. However, he first has to find a safe place for Isabelle. He finds such a place with Chai, a relative of Luang, the priest who tried to save Francis. Chai takes Isabelle to his family home outside the city and isolated. Sebastian takes off on a hunt that will take him to Los Angeles to Chicago to Greenland to Africa and back to Nevada to try to find Francis before they have a chance to use him for an experiment.
He enlists the help of his sister, Jennifer or Seventeen. He finds out he has a grandfather when he goes to see her in Chicago. He tries to talk her into helping him but it interrupted by armed FBI agents. They wish to talk to Jennifer and her Grandfather. He tries to stand up to protect her and he is shot. Sebastian has lost his grandfather after only saying a few words and shaking his hand. Jennifer is now ready to help Sebastian. First they get her deprogramed so the mind control will not work on her. Then Sebastian sends her to watch over Isabelle and keep her safe. This will be a tricky situation since under mind control, Seventeen had killed Isabelle’s parents and tortured Isabelle. How will Isabelle react to seein One adventure after another after another follow g the one person she hates show up to take care of her?
Sebastian gets into one adventure after another after another as he fights to find Francis. Jennifer and Isabelle find themselves traveling all over the island trying to find a safe place to stay. Isabelle is frightened because Francis’ birth almost killed her and her baby is almost due. Sebastian is fighting a medical condition which could cause his mission to fail. Naylor is so set on killing Nine and Seventeen that he sends almost all of the other Pedemont Orphans to hunt for them. What will happen?
Seventeen has found herself in Chicago but has no idea why or what has happened. She rocks herself back and forth like a crazy person. She takes a cab to the site of the Pedemont Orphanage but there is nothing there. It doesn’t bring back memories for her. She then gives the cabbie another address and stops near a home. To pay for the cab drive, she gives him her ruby ring. That is the last thing of value she has in the world. An elderly man opens the door and she introduces herself as Jennifer Hannar and asks him if he is Sebastian Hannar. She has found her grandfather. She stays with him and learns a little about her mother and regains a little of her memory as she nurses Sebastian through Alzheimer’s.
Nine, now Sebastian, has gone off the grid with Isabelle and is living the life he dreamed of in the Marquesa Islands. Five years of joy he has there. Isabelle bore him a son, Francis. Francis is bright, cheerful, loving and adventurous. He looks just like his Dad and loves being able to spend so much time with him. Then tragedy strikes. Francis is kidnapped and Sebastian has to watch it from the top of a nearby cliff. Isabelle tries to help him but she is eight months pregnant and can do little. The priest in the Buddist temple Sebastian and Francis had just prayed in is killed while he tries to protect Francis. Sebastian knows it has to be Naylor and Omega who have kidnapped Francis. After he thinks about it, he knows it has to do with their cloning experiments. After all, Francis is the only progeny of the Orphans. All the rest had been sterilized when Omega upgraded the MK Ultra Mind Control Initiative. However, he first has to find a safe place for Isabelle. He finds such a place with Chai, a relative of Luang, the priest who tried to save Francis. Chai takes Isabelle to his family home outside the city and isolated. Sebastian takes off on a hunt that will take him to Los Angeles to Chicago to Greenland to Africa and back to Nevada to try to find Francis before they have a chance to use him for an experiment.
He enlists the help of his sister, Jennifer or Seventeen. He finds out he has a grandfather when he goes to see her in Chicago. He tries to talk her into helping him but it interrupted by armed FBI agents. They wish to talk to Jennifer and her Grandfather. He tries to stand up to protect her and he is shot. Sebastian has lost his grandfather after only saying a few words and shaking his hand. Jennifer is now ready to help Sebastian. First they get her deprogramed so the mind control will not work on her. Then Sebastian sends her to watch over Isabelle and keep her safe. This will be a tricky situation since under mind control, Seventeen had killed Isabelle’s parents and tortured Isabelle. How will Isabelle react to seein One adventure after another after another follow g the one person she hates show up to take care of her?
Sebastian gets into one adventure after another after another as he fights to find Francis. Jennifer and Isabelle find themselves traveling all over the island trying to find a safe place to stay. Isabelle is frightened because Francis’ birth almost killed her and her baby is almost due. Sebastian is fighting a medical condition which could cause his mission to fail. Naylor is so set on killing Nine and Seventeen that he sends almost all of the other Pedemont Orphans to hunt for them. What will happen?
March 30, 2025
I received this book from the author for an honest review.
A sad but fitting ending to a great series. It was my privilege to read all three books in this series, and what a wonderful and exciting read it was.
Book 3 continued years later with Nine and Seventeen as the main characters. Isabella in her supporting role as wife, mother and sister-in-law brought the human aspect back in as their struggle continue to outrun and outwit the Omega Agency.
This time the Agency's target was Nine's son, seven year old Francis. Abducted from his home, we once again traveled the world with Nine as he searched for his son. As always you are drawn into the plot as it unfolds with its many layers, that kept you guessing and hoping until the very end. Fast paced and well written the story meet up with the family, Isabella far advance in her second pregnancy, and Nine struggling with a heart condition when their son is abducted. It took all of Nine's skills to search and destroy the Agency that once trained him. Now he used everything he knew against them, running against time to get his son from this diabolic group.
Led by Naylor, they did everything they could to prevent Nine, but at the end their plans folded or must I say flew out the plane, literary. (Buy the book and you will understand **smile**)
This man was brutal, ruthless, and a heartless bastard with no emotions as he tried to catch Nine and Isabella, using people as he wished with no second thought. Their was no remorse as he hunts them down, his main objective to get them out of the way to go ahead with his cloning project, with Francis as his main focus.
I loved the way the authors brought in each orphan as Nine and Seventeen met them, reminiscing about their youth before they did the ultimate. Killed. All for the survival of this young family and freedom.
When we meet Seventeen she was in a terrible state, basically kicked out of the Agency due to a meltdown, caused by the MK Ultra mind control and Naylor's abuse. When brother and sister finally met up, both were in poor conditions, especially Seventeen. She was a far cry from the former operative, and Nine took a huge risk trusting her with his wife and unborn child. Her ability to overcome and conquered saved Isabella on numerous occasions as Nine search continued all around the globe.
As always the book was filled with descriptive and in-depth scenes, interesting characters and great story line. From Tahiti, Greenland, America and to the heart of the DRC this was evident. Plotting and scheming with Drug Lords and Militia Captain's to get the job done.
I really like the character Lusambo and his wife, at first he was not willing to risk his people to help Nine, but the moment it turns personal did all he could to assist. Changing the outcome for many orphaned children.
Nine's determination, skills and cunningness put him ahead of the Agency, willing to risk all to save his son. His humanity more at the for front as he raced against his own heart problems, not willing to stop until his son was safe. At the end, he turned out to be a wonderful husband, father and brother who sacrificed everything for them.
A great book and series I can recommend to all readers who loves a good spy thriller with all the elements of action, adventure and humanity inside to give you hours of enjoyable reads.
Thanks for the opportunity. Loved it.
A sad but fitting ending to a great series. It was my privilege to read all three books in this series, and what a wonderful and exciting read it was.
Book 3 continued years later with Nine and Seventeen as the main characters. Isabella in her supporting role as wife, mother and sister-in-law brought the human aspect back in as their struggle continue to outrun and outwit the Omega Agency.
This time the Agency's target was Nine's son, seven year old Francis. Abducted from his home, we once again traveled the world with Nine as he searched for his son. As always you are drawn into the plot as it unfolds with its many layers, that kept you guessing and hoping until the very end. Fast paced and well written the story meet up with the family, Isabella far advance in her second pregnancy, and Nine struggling with a heart condition when their son is abducted. It took all of Nine's skills to search and destroy the Agency that once trained him. Now he used everything he knew against them, running against time to get his son from this diabolic group.
Led by Naylor, they did everything they could to prevent Nine, but at the end their plans folded or must I say flew out the plane, literary. (Buy the book and you will understand **smile**)
This man was brutal, ruthless, and a heartless bastard with no emotions as he tried to catch Nine and Isabella, using people as he wished with no second thought. Their was no remorse as he hunts them down, his main objective to get them out of the way to go ahead with his cloning project, with Francis as his main focus.
I loved the way the authors brought in each orphan as Nine and Seventeen met them, reminiscing about their youth before they did the ultimate. Killed. All for the survival of this young family and freedom.
When we meet Seventeen she was in a terrible state, basically kicked out of the Agency due to a meltdown, caused by the MK Ultra mind control and Naylor's abuse. When brother and sister finally met up, both were in poor conditions, especially Seventeen. She was a far cry from the former operative, and Nine took a huge risk trusting her with his wife and unborn child. Her ability to overcome and conquered saved Isabella on numerous occasions as Nine search continued all around the globe.
As always the book was filled with descriptive and in-depth scenes, interesting characters and great story line. From Tahiti, Greenland, America and to the heart of the DRC this was evident. Plotting and scheming with Drug Lords and Militia Captain's to get the job done.
I really like the character Lusambo and his wife, at first he was not willing to risk his people to help Nine, but the moment it turns personal did all he could to assist. Changing the outcome for many orphaned children.
Nine's determination, skills and cunningness put him ahead of the Agency, willing to risk all to save his son. His humanity more at the for front as he raced against his own heart problems, not willing to stop until his son was safe. At the end, he turned out to be a wonderful husband, father and brother who sacrificed everything for them.
A great book and series I can recommend to all readers who loves a good spy thriller with all the elements of action, adventure and humanity inside to give you hours of enjoyable reads.
Thanks for the opportunity. Loved it.
March 6, 2014
Nine has finally evaded his former masters at the Omega Agency, or so he thinks. He has married, has a wonderful son, and has settled down off the grid on an idyllic tropical isle. Then while he and his wife are anxiously await the birth of their second child "things fall apart". His scientifically engineered and trained body starts to fail. His son is kidnapped and taken to one of Omega's secret laboratories. His unborn child is targeted by Omega for experimentation. His best hope to recover his son, protect his wife and their unborn child, and restore his life to normalcy lies in recruiting his old nemesis, Seventeen to help him. He must break the hold that Omega has on her mind and convince her to join him in the fight against Omega and become free, "normal," human beings. His quest takes him around the world to three continents. He stands alone against his fellow orphans who have become the best operatives in the world, masters of their crafts and killers without conscience. Can he overcome these odds without help? Will Seventeen come to his aid? A top notch thriller from beginning to end. A fantastic conclusion to the Orphan Trilogy.
March 5, 2014
The moral of this tale is that you don't ever, ever abduct the young son of your best and most dangerous operative. Such people will go to great lengths to get their children back, especially as they are very aware of the horrors that await their offspring.
Nine does his very best to look after his pregnant wife while attempting to rescue his son. his employee should have know better and they learn their lesson. Nine is hampered by a heart ailment, but despite this he manages to keep his promises to his family.
Another, final, installment of the Orphan series which does not disappoint.
I read the Kindle edition which I received from the author for review.
Nine does his very best to look after his pregnant wife while attempting to rescue his son. his employee should have know better and they learn their lesson. Nine is hampered by a heart ailment, but despite this he manages to keep his promises to his family.
Another, final, installment of the Orphan series which does not disappoint.
I read the Kindle edition which I received from the author for review.
February 28, 2014
A satisfying ending to the trilogy. Exciting all the way through, and with suspense which kept me reading at every possible moment!!
August 15, 2013
Such a brilliant trilogy, with a lovely ending.
September 5, 2013
Satisfying conclusion to the series.
January 2, 2014
Great ending (a little somber, but fitting) to a great trilogy.
October 19, 2014
I want some of these genes that will instantly turn me into a super intelligent being like Nine. The Lorcan father and son team are so multi talented I am sure they could turn their hands to manufacturing these for sale. They would be inundated.
As I was feeling a little seedy, I decided to take time out and settled down for a leisurely read. The Orphan Uprising sorted me out in no time.
Feeling as though I knew Chicago very well from page one, although I have never been there, the story took off, and me with it. I’m familiar with Nine from the previous books in the Trilogy and discovered Nine’s son, who has inherited his father’s unique DNA, has been captured by the nasty Omega Agency.
I suspect there is a downside to all this super assassin training, as Nine now has a serious heart problem. Francis is his first priority and this means encountering his former elite operatives and other sundry characters who do not wish him well. Time is running out.
Can he rescue Francis before his heart gives out? With all the added stress of travelling the world to rescue his son from the clutches of the ruthless and heartless agency, it will be touch and go. The agency are not going to give up the only progeny of the Orphans they created because they are determined to produce a new bunch of assassins from this small boy.
With well developed characters and another great story line with many twists and turns to keep the reader hooked, these masters of the thriller genre pull it off again. I’m not going to reveal the rest of the story nor the ending, but am going to tell you a film adaptation is planned for the series. I for one cannot wait for it to hit either the movie, or television screen, so I can sit glued to it. I hope my heart can stand it.
If you think this is merely thriller fantasy at its best, I invite you to read the Lorcan’s non fiction book The Orphan Conspiracies. I’m certainly up for it after my Look Inside The Book. Who wants to sleep well at night anyway?
As I was feeling a little seedy, I decided to take time out and settled down for a leisurely read. The Orphan Uprising sorted me out in no time.
Feeling as though I knew Chicago very well from page one, although I have never been there, the story took off, and me with it. I’m familiar with Nine from the previous books in the Trilogy and discovered Nine’s son, who has inherited his father’s unique DNA, has been captured by the nasty Omega Agency.
I suspect there is a downside to all this super assassin training, as Nine now has a serious heart problem. Francis is his first priority and this means encountering his former elite operatives and other sundry characters who do not wish him well. Time is running out.
Can he rescue Francis before his heart gives out? With all the added stress of travelling the world to rescue his son from the clutches of the ruthless and heartless agency, it will be touch and go. The agency are not going to give up the only progeny of the Orphans they created because they are determined to produce a new bunch of assassins from this small boy.
With well developed characters and another great story line with many twists and turns to keep the reader hooked, these masters of the thriller genre pull it off again. I’m not going to reveal the rest of the story nor the ending, but am going to tell you a film adaptation is planned for the series. I for one cannot wait for it to hit either the movie, or television screen, so I can sit glued to it. I hope my heart can stand it.
If you think this is merely thriller fantasy at its best, I invite you to read the Lorcan’s non fiction book The Orphan Conspiracies. I’m certainly up for it after my Look Inside The Book. Who wants to sleep well at night anyway?
January 17, 2015
The Orphan Uprising is the riveting last book in the Orphan Trilogy by the father-and-son writing duo of Lance and James Morcan from New Zealand. I hear they are making a movie based on the books and if so, it ought to be a blockbuster.
The first two books, The Ninth Orphan and The Orphan Factory, lay the groundwork: the shadowy Omega group is bent on world-wide domination and through genetic testing has evolved a group of people with super mental and physical capabilities. They have been raised with numbers for names, based on their birth order, and raised in a secret orphanage where they learned to be uber-intelligence agents to help Omega get rid of enemies and solidify members in positions of global power and influence.
But Orphan Nine, the best yet not the most ruthless, wants out. And so the saga begins.
The books move like Hollywood action scripts, combining elements from The Boys from Brazil with YA action akin to Divergent. Part sci-fi, part political thriller, all of the books are great fun but Uprising is the best. Nine has successfully broken from Omega and lives with his son and pregnant wife in French Polynesia. But Omega has somehow learned of his offspring—who would be invaluable from a genetic testing standpoint—and kidnaps him.
Nine has a heart attack at the crucial moment. Barely recovered, he goes after the boy, into Omega controlled territory including a string of genetic testing laboratories. The trail leads Nine around the world in 80 breathless days of action, drama, and well described unique locations including Greenland and the Congo. It’s a page-turner right to the end and a hefty read to boot. The Morcans don’t skimp on the action, making this an excellent entertainment value. Highly recommended.
The first two books, The Ninth Orphan and The Orphan Factory, lay the groundwork: the shadowy Omega group is bent on world-wide domination and through genetic testing has evolved a group of people with super mental and physical capabilities. They have been raised with numbers for names, based on their birth order, and raised in a secret orphanage where they learned to be uber-intelligence agents to help Omega get rid of enemies and solidify members in positions of global power and influence.
But Orphan Nine, the best yet not the most ruthless, wants out. And so the saga begins.
The books move like Hollywood action scripts, combining elements from The Boys from Brazil with YA action akin to Divergent. Part sci-fi, part political thriller, all of the books are great fun but Uprising is the best. Nine has successfully broken from Omega and lives with his son and pregnant wife in French Polynesia. But Omega has somehow learned of his offspring—who would be invaluable from a genetic testing standpoint—and kidnaps him.
Nine has a heart attack at the crucial moment. Barely recovered, he goes after the boy, into Omega controlled territory including a string of genetic testing laboratories. The trail leads Nine around the world in 80 breathless days of action, drama, and well described unique locations including Greenland and the Congo. It’s a page-turner right to the end and a hefty read to boot. The Morcans don’t skimp on the action, making this an excellent entertainment value. Highly recommended.
January 30, 2015
I have just finished the third, and sadly the last in the series and WOW, WOW & WOW.
After reading books one and two consecutively I dived straight into the third, and in my opinion, the best.
From page one I was on the edge of my seat; the action is non-stop and explosive.
Nine, Isabell and their son Francis have been living, happily, off grid for five years when Omega returns to their lives and kidnaps Francis. An ageing and out of action Nine knows he's got the fight off his life to get his family back together safely, and knows that if he leaves to rescue Francis, probably from any one of Omegas illegal underground laboratory's, his heavily pregnant wife will also be in danger, but then help comes from the most unexpected of people.
Nine travels the world in search of his son; invading military bases single handedly and taking out many of the elite orphan operatives he grew up with along the way.
The writer is so good, I literally felt like I was dodging every bullet and grenade along with him; I felt the disappointment of a failure and the elation when things went right. I am devastated the series is over; if I could give it more than five stars I certainly would. Somebody really should make this series into film.Please!
After reading books one and two consecutively I dived straight into the third, and in my opinion, the best.
From page one I was on the edge of my seat; the action is non-stop and explosive.
Nine, Isabell and their son Francis have been living, happily, off grid for five years when Omega returns to their lives and kidnaps Francis. An ageing and out of action Nine knows he's got the fight off his life to get his family back together safely, and knows that if he leaves to rescue Francis, probably from any one of Omegas illegal underground laboratory's, his heavily pregnant wife will also be in danger, but then help comes from the most unexpected of people.
Nine travels the world in search of his son; invading military bases single handedly and taking out many of the elite orphan operatives he grew up with along the way.
The writer is so good, I literally felt like I was dodging every bullet and grenade along with him; I felt the disappointment of a failure and the elation when things went right. I am devastated the series is over; if I could give it more than five stars I certainly would. Somebody really should make this series into film.Please!
June 6, 2016
A suspenseful conclusion of how Nine deals with sealing off his past in order to provide safety for his family.
Many of the characters presented to us in the first two books are brought back in this third and final suspense thriller. This re-introduction of characters helps mold the story into an experience where you feel a level of connection to both sides. We see the characters’ lives interweave through suspense, tragedy, and yet, also joyful reunions.
This book is mainly about Nine merging his past with his present life. He has always dreamed of a normal life, but how is this possible with his past grabbing his tail? When forced to revisit his past, is he able to let go of the man he has finally become and return to the machine they trained him to be? Can he allow himself to become a ruthless killer again and still return back to a normal life? Can anyone?
I gave this book five out of five stars. The storyline was captivating and suspenseful and I can’t think of anything I would change. Excellent epilogue to the trilogy!
Many of the characters presented to us in the first two books are brought back in this third and final suspense thriller. This re-introduction of characters helps mold the story into an experience where you feel a level of connection to both sides. We see the characters’ lives interweave through suspense, tragedy, and yet, also joyful reunions.
This book is mainly about Nine merging his past with his present life. He has always dreamed of a normal life, but how is this possible with his past grabbing his tail? When forced to revisit his past, is he able to let go of the man he has finally become and return to the machine they trained him to be? Can he allow himself to become a ruthless killer again and still return back to a normal life? Can anyone?
I gave this book five out of five stars. The storyline was captivating and suspenseful and I can’t think of anything I would change. Excellent epilogue to the trilogy!
September 5, 2015
As the synopsis says, this is the final book in the trilogy and, I have to say that I am a little sad about that as I have grown to really like Nine and Seventeen and I will miss their exploits which have been expertly written about by James and Lance Morcan. I feel you really need to have read the first book - The Ninth Orphan and the second - The Orphan Factory - to really appreciate this one but you won’t be disappointed and I would highly recommend that you buy all three.
Full review at my blog Reading Stuff 'n' Things
Full review at my blog Reading Stuff 'n' Things
April 27, 2015
Nine and Isabelle are married and she is now pregnant and expecting a baby girl. Their five year old son is kidnapped. Nine goes around the world to get him back. He finds out that the Omega Agency wants to use his son for scientific testing. Nine will stop at nothing to get him back. Now Isabelle is in danger also as they want the unborn baby as well. Nine has a heart condition he could die at anytime. A real page turner fast paced with plenty of action.
September 16, 2014
Loved it! This book was compelling. I could not read it fast enough. It was exciting and filled with one complication after another. Just when you thought all was lost or everything was resolved there was another twist. The entire trilogy was wonderful and I recommend it to anyone who enjoys suspense and intrigue. Well worth the read!
April 25, 2019
Wow! What an ending!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 22, 2013
This wasn't as exciting as I thought it would be. The majority of the book saw 9 traveling around the Globe in search of his son. I do like the fact that the author teamed 9 up with his sister.
November 7, 2019
Good read, Shou have been proofed, though.
Continuance of the story. Nine in hiding with pregnant wife and son. Son was kidnapped by Omega. Nine goes to find him. Lots of action.
Continuance of the story. Nine in hiding with pregnant wife and son. Son was kidnapped by Omega. Nine goes to find him. Lots of action.
September 8, 2013
This is the best book of the whole Orphan trilogy. What I missed in the previous 2 books, I've found here - action, dramatic moments etc. Very good ending.
October 18, 2017
A Good Trilogy
After reading book one, it was impossible not to want to read the other two books in the series. Enjoyable.
After reading book one, it was impossible not to want to read the other two books in the series. Enjoyable.
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